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(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses. Written comments and/or

suggestions regarding the items

contained in this notice, especially

regarding the estimated public burden

and associated response time, should be

directed to the COPS Office, PPSE

Division, 1100 Vermont Ave, NW.,

Washington, DC 20530–0001.

Comments also may be submitted to the

COPS Office via facsimile to 202–633–

1386. In addition, comments may be

submitted to the Department of Justice

(DOJ), Justice Management Division,

Information Management and Security

Staff, Attention: Department Clearance

Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20530.

Overview of this information

collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection:

New collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Grantee Satisfaction Survey.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection: Form: COPS 27/01. Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services,

U.S. Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract: A sample of local law

enforcement agencies that have received

grant funding from the COPS Office will

be surveyed regarding their perceptions

and satisfaction with service received

from the COPS Office.

The COPS Office has awarded hiring

and redeployment grants, innovative

grants, and training grants to over

10,000 law enforcement agencies

nationwide. In addition to providing

essential funding to enhance public

safety and further the adoption of

community policing by law enforcement

agencies across the country, the COPS

Office continues to strive to maintain a

customer service orientation toward

grant recipients. As such, the COPS

Office is committed to providing

grantees with ongoing service that

reflects the highest standard of

excellence and integrity in public

service. The COPS Office is seeking

systematic feedback from COPS grantees

to track the Office’s performance on a

number of performance measures. This

survey will allow the COPS Office to set

performance goals that are consistent

with the level of service that is desired

by the law enforcement field and to

adjust its provision of customer service

as necessary to better serve its grantees.

The Grantee Satisfaction Survey will

be administered to a sample of grantees

via the telephone and will yield

information on: the extent and content

of contact between grantees and

representatives of the COPS office either

through phone calls, written

correspondence, or site visits;

satisfaction with these contacts as rated

on a Likert-type scale; exposure to and

satisfaction with COPS funded

community policing training; and

availability of and satisfaction with

community policing publications

produced by the COPS Office. These

questions will allow the COPS Office to

determine levels of satisfaction with

service and will illuminate areas where

the COPS Office can improve.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: The Grantee Satisfaction

Survey will be administered two times

per year: Approximately 2,600

respondents per year, at 30 minutes per

respondent (including record-keeping).

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: Approximately 1,300 hours.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–18240 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–AT–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services; FY 1998 Community Policing

Discretionary Grants

AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented

Policing Services, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice,

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services (‘‘COPS’’) announces the

Visiting Fellowship Program designed

to support training, technical assistance,

research, program development and

policy analysis to contribute to the use

and enhancement of community

policing to address crime and related

problems in communities across the

country.

The Visiting Fellowship Program is

intended to offer researchers, law

enforcement professionals, community

leaders, and legal experts an

opportunity to undertake independent

research, problem development

activities, and policy analysis designed

to accomplish one or more of the

following: improve police-citizen

cooperation and communication;

enhance police relationships with other

components of the criminal justice

system, as well as at all levels of local

government; increase police and

citizens’ ability to solve community

problems; facilitate the restructuring of

law enforcement agencies to allow the

most effective use of departmental and

community resources; promote the

effective flow and use of information

both within and outside an agency; and

improve law enforcement

responsiveness to members of the

community.

Visiting fellows will study a topic of

mutual interest to the fellow and the

COPS Office for up to 12 months. While

in residence, fellows will contribute to

the development of community policing

programs that are national in scope.

DATES: The application deadline is

August 7, 1998.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of an

application or for more information, call

the U.S. Department of Justice Response

Center at (202) 307–1480 or 1–800–421–

6770.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The U.S. Department of Justice

Response Center, (202) 307–1480 or 1–

800–421–6770. The Visiting Fellowship

Program application and information on

the COPS Office also are available on

the Internet via the COPS web site at:

http://www.usdoj.gov/cops.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview

The United States Department of

Justice, Office of Community Oriented

Policing Services (COPS) has been

charged with the implementation of the

Public Safety Partnerships and

Community Policing Act of 1994 (Pub.

L. 103–322). Under this law, the COPS

Office provides grants, cooperative

agreements, and technical assistance to

increase police presence, improve

police and community partnerships

designed to address crime and disorder,
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and enhance public safety. The Visiting

Fellowship Program, which

complements the COPS Office’s efforts

to add 100,000 officers to our nation’s

streets and support the development of

innovative community policing

strategies, is one of a wide variety of

policing programs supported under this

law.

The Visiting Fellowship Program is

intended to offer researchers, law

enforcement professionals, community

leaders, and legal experts an

opportunity to undertake independent

research, problem development

activities, and policy analysis designed

to accomplish one or more of the

following: improve police-citizen

cooperation and communication;

enhance police relationships with other

components of the criminal justice

system, as well as at all levels of local

government; increase police and

citizens’ ability to solve community

problems innovatively; facilitate the

restructuring of agencies to allow the

fullest use of departmental and

community resources; promote the

effective flow and use of information

both within and outside an agency; and

improve law enforcement

responsiveness to members of the

community.

Visiting Fellows will study a topic of

mutual interest to the Fellows and the

COPS Office for up to 12 months. While

in residence, Fellows will contribute to

the development of community policing

programs that are national in scope.

Two types of fellowships are

available: (1) Community Policing

Training and Technical Assistance

Fellowships and (2) Program/Policy

Support and Evaluation Fellowships.

Community Policing Training and

Technical Assistance Fellowships will

offer police practitioners and

community leaders the opportunity to

participate in a community policing

training program that is national in

scope. Fellows will work to broaden

their knowledge of a training area that

is directly related to community

policing. The experience is intended to

encourage the further development,

enhancement, or renewed exploration of

a particular training expertise that

supports community policing. Fellows

will deliver this expertise innovatively

as well as provide technical assistance

to others.

Program/Policy Support and

Evaluation Fellowships will offer police

practitioners, researchers, and policy

analysts the opportunity to support

innovative community policing

programs, to engage in scholarly

research activities to assess the

effectiveness of community policing

approaches and to apply policy analysis

skills to support the advancement of

community policing nationwide. The

experience is intended to encourage the

further development, enhancement, or

renewed exploration of program, policy

and evaluation issues that support

community policing. This work will be

shared with policy makers and

practitioners through a variety of

forums.

Grants or cooperative agreements

under the Visiting Fellowship Program

may support salary, fringe benefits,

travel essential to the project, and

miscellaneous supplies or equipment in

support of the project. Reasonable

relocation expenses and the cost of

temporary housing also may be

permitted in cases of relocation from a

Fellow’s permanent address.

Under the Visiting Fellowship

Program, the COPS Office may award

grants or enter into cooperative

agreements with individuals, public

agencies, colleges or universities,

nonprofit organizations, and profitmaking organizations willing to waive

their fees.

Receiving a grant or cooperative

agreement under the Visiting

Fellowship Program will not affect the

eligibility of an agency to receive

awards under other COPS programs.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) reference for this

program is 16.710.

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Joseph E. Brann,

Director.

[FR Doc. 98–18252 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–AT–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on June

16, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree

(‘‘decree’’) in United States of America

v. Bell Atlantic—Virginia, Inc., et al.,

Civil Action No. 3:98 CV 372 was

lodged with the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

In this action, the United States

sought recovery of costs incurred by the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency in response to the release and

threat of release of hazardous substances

at the C&R Battery site in Chesterfield

County, Virginia. The decree requires

seventeen parties who arranged for the

disposal of hazardous substances at the

C&R Battery site to reimburse the United

States a total of $591,285.82.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the decree. Comments should

be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General of the Environment and Natural

Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Bell

Atlantic—Virginia, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref.

#90–11–2–692/1.

The decree may be examined at the

Offices of the United States Attorney for

the Eastern District of Virginia, 600 East

Main Street, Suite 600, Richmond,

Virginia 23219, at U.S. EPA Region 3,

841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

19107 and the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624–0892.

A copy of the decree may be obtained

in person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th

Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a

check in the amount of $28.25 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) payable to

the Consent Decree Library. In

requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits

and defendants’ signatures, please

enclose a check in the amount of $4.50

(25 cents per page reproduction cost)

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98–18254 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

In accordance with Departmental

Policy, 28 CFR § 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a Partial Consent Decree in

United States of America v. Calderon, et

al., No. 96–2451 RLA (D. Puerto Rico),

was lodged with the United States

District Court for the District of Puerto

Rico on June 10, 1998.

The proposed Partial Consent Decree

would resolve the United States’

allegations in this enforcement action

against Defendant Construcciones Carro,

the contractor who filled approximately

.5 acres of herbaceous wetlands in

Mayaguez Puerto Rico, without a permit

under Section 404 of the Clean Water

Act (‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 1344.

The proposed Partial Consent Decree

would require Defendant Carro to: (1)

restore wetlands for the wetland areas

impacted by the illegal discharges; and

(2) pay a $10,000 civil penalty.

The Department of Justice will accept

written comments relating to the